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	Earth watchers Center
		According to the fact that the Shadegan wetland is one of the most important international wetlands of Iran, 35000 cubic meters of toxic trashes of Gaysi should be expeled and the necessary actions for neutralization should be done as soon as possible.
		Shadegan wetland with the area of 400000 hectare is placed 40 km from Ahvaz.
		Shadegan Marshes were included on the Montreux Record on 16 June 1993 because of the effects of chemical pollution which resulted from the Iran-Iraq war.
	www.earthwatchers.org /zblhsmmiEN.html (1469 words)

	CHN \| News
		Shadegan Lagoon tourism project opened in Iran with the intention of making this area the “Venice of Iran” within 5 years.
		Shadegan, a lagoon in Khuzestan province, is going to turn into the “Venice of Iran” within 5 years.
		Having a 400,000 hectare area, Shadegan is a registered lagoon in the list of Ramsar International Convention, and is the residential place of some Arab-Iranians who live mostly by fishing.
	www.chnpress.com /news/?section=1&id=1462 (310 words)

	CHN \| News
		Based on the province’s tourism plan, the executive process of changing the Shadegan Pond into tourism resort will be commenced early next year, Sadeq Mohammadi, the head of the province Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization (CHTO) said.
		Due to existing much similarities between Italy’s Venice and Shadegan Pond in Khuzestan province, the region can be called Khuzestan’s Venice, he stressed.
		As the pond enjoys many attractive tourism sites and also hosts a great number of migrant birds which come from Siberian regions in the north, it is one the best resorts in the south of the country to watch the birds.
	www.chnpress.com /news/?Section=1&id=202 (192 words)

	Venice Tourism Project opened in Iran Persian Journal Latest Iran News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shadegan, a lagoon in Khuzestan province, is going to turn into the "Venice of Iran" within 5 years.
		Establishing a museum for Shadegan Lagoon to display the pictures of Ragbeh village is also included in the project's programs.
		Having a 400,000 hectare area, Shadegan is a registered lagoon in the list of Ramsar International Convention, and is the residential place of some Iranians who live mostly by fishing.
	www.iranian.ws /iran_news/publish/printer_11530.shtml (301 words)

	Townships, Khuzestan (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shadegan is one of the southern townships of
		Currently the city of Shadegan has expanded and is famous for its woven sleeveless cloaks (aba).
		The township of Shoosh is located to the northwest of the province, and has common borders with the Ilam province.
	www.irancaravan.com /STown.htm (2274 words)

	Freshwater Fishes of Iran, Introduction - Drainage Basins - Tigris River
		The Shadegan Wildlife Refuge, encompassing 296,000 ha, is on the threatened list for National Parks since it was substantially damaged in the Iran-Iraq War, both physically and by chemical agents (Anonymous, 1988b).
		The principal fishes appearing on fish stalls in Ahvaz from marshes such as Shadegan are gattan, Liza abu, Barbus sharpeyi and Cyprinus carpio as well as cultured Hypophthalmichthys molitrix as escapes or plantings.
		The Shadegan Marshes at 30°20'N, 48°20'E occupy 282,500 ha (Jones, www.ramsar.org/lib_dir_2_3.htm, downloaded 4 April 2000) gives 296,000 ha) and form the southern part of the seasonal floodplain of the Dez, Karun and other rivers at the head of the Persian Gulf.
	www.briancoad.com /Introduction/tigrisriverbasin.htm (7488 words)

	Iran Focus-Iran prosecutor shot by gunmen - Iran (General) - News
		Tehran, Iran, Apr. 21 — The prosecutor in the Department of Justice in the southern town of Shadegan was shot and seriously wounded, a semi-official daily reported on Saturday.
		The official, identified as Najafabadi, was shot in his car on his way from work by masked gunmen who made their escape on a motorbike, the hard-line daily Kayhan wrote.
		Shadegan is situated in the Arab-dominated province of Khuzestan.
	www.iranfocus.com /modules/news/article.php?storyid=6878 (126 words)

	Observations on prospects for further inland fisheries development in Iran
		The other - Shadegan marsh - is situated south and southwest of Ahvaz, and is fed mainly by the Karun River.
		Shadegan marsh reaches the Tigr is River in the southwest, and in the south it borders the Persian Gulf.
		The area of Shadegan marsh is dominated by Typha dominguensis and Scirpus sp.
	www.fao.org /docrep/field/003/S6312E/S6312E06.htm (2798 words)

	NIOC to soon approve development project of Shadegan, Gachsaran fields - Zawya.com \| Middle East Business News
		TEHRAN -- The development project of oilfields of Shadegan and Gachsaran will be soon approved, with the purpose of increasing the oil production in these fields, Bahman Samimi, an official working in development project of the eight oilfields said on Tuesday.
		He explained that after issuing the permission for developing these oilfields, the documents of the bids on the project would be prepared, and the fields would be put on tender in order to prepare the master development plan (MDP).
		Upon approval of the MDP, the oil production will increase to 80,000 barrels from 50,000 in Shadegan, and in Gachsaran, the production will be boosted to 600,000 barrels from the current figure of 480,000, he noted in conclusion.
	www.zawya.com /story.cfm/sidZAWYA20051019062014 (237 words)

	Environmental pollution kills thousands of birds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Ahwaz, Nov 15, IRNA -- Environmental pollution resulting from an oil leakage has killed thousands of birds and endangered many others in a large international lagoon in southern Abadan, the head of the Environment Protection Organization in Khuzestan province said on Wednesday.
		Oil leakage from pipes near the international Shadegan Lagoon has polluted 100 hectares of swamp in the area, Kazem Sepehrfar said, adding that it has also inflicted "irreparable damage" to surrounding flora and fauna.
		An official, who asked not to be named, told IRNA the sewage that has leaked from the sewage pipes of the Abadan Oil Refinery carried oil and is the cause of the disaster.
	www.payvand.com /news/00/nov/1065.html (177 words)

	NCRI Statement 02/20/2000 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shadegan, another city in the province, was the scene of an extensive demonstration by several thousand residents, mostly teenagers, yesterday.
		Several of them were transferred to Maaroufizadeh and Shadegan hospitals with a number of them in critical condition.
		The Iranian Resistance draws the attention of international human rights organizations to the violent suppression of the uprisings by the people of Shadegan and Shoush and demands immediate action to save the lives of those arrested.
	www.iran-e-azad.org /english/ncr/2000/0220.html (530 words)

	Iran Daily - Panorama - 01/26/06
		He added Shadegan Wetland is a registered natural heritage, insisting all organizations should make efforts to preserve and keep it clean.
		Another MP, Abdollah Kabi, expanded there are two high schools and an exceptional educational institution in the vicinity of the area where the air is polluted and causing breathing difficulties for the residents because of toxic dumping and emission of hazardous gases.
		Kabi noted Shadegan wetland is confronting acute problems and its ecosystem is being threatened by waste material and sewage from adjacent factories.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2485/html/panorama.htm (2007 words)

	CHN \| News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Shadegan Lagoon tourism project opened in Iran with the intention of making this area the “Venice of Iran” within 5 years.
		Last year Mohammad Sadeghi, director of the Cultural Heritage and Tourism Organization of Khuzestan province announced that the beautiful Shadegan lagoon can be transformed into the “Venice of Iran” by spending about 40 million dollars.
		Having a 400,000 hectare area, Shadegan is a registered lagoon in the list of Ramsar International Convention, and is the residential place of some Arab-Iranians who live mostly by fishing.
	www.chn.ir /en/news?section=1&id=1462 (311 words)

	Iran Daily
		Over 500 fishermen are active in Shadegan Wetland and each is entitled to a per capita fishing value of 900,000 rials.
		Shadegan International Wetland is of high economic value, head of Environment Department for Abadan, Khorramshahr and Shadegan said.
		The official stated that Shadegan International Wetland, which is one of the 20 marshlands designated in 1971 Ramsar Convention on Wetlands, is very important from ecological, economic, social and recreational perspectives.
	www.iran-daily.com /1384/2266/html/panorama.htm (2104 words)

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